Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Environmental Protection

Laid before the Assembly in draft

Made 19th January 2026

Coming into operation 19th January 2026

The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs^f1 being an appropriate authority for the purposes of paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018^f2, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 4 to that Act and Article 39(1), (2) and (3) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997^f3 and now vested in it^f4, makes the following regulations.

In accordance with paragraph 12(3) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 a draft of these Regulations was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2016 c. 5 (N.I.)
f2: 2018 c.16. Schedule 4 was amended by Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c.1)
f3: S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19) the relevant amendment is S.I. 2007/611 (N.I. 3)
f4: S.R. 2016 c. 76, Article 8(1)(c)